(July [1951])
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- bi-monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- Ace Magazines, Inc.
- Brand:
- Ace
- Format:
- Color; Newsprint; Ongoing Series
[The Hour has come! I, the keeper of time...] (Table of Contents)
cover / 1 page (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Big Top Nightmare (Table of Contents)
comic story / 7 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Lin Streeter
- Inks:
- Lin Streeter
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
- Editing:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- Horror
- Synopsis:
- Mysterious Countess Barovna joins the circus. She is an age-old vampire and kills off all the other acts to be the main act. In the end she gets staked and sent to her grave.
- Reprinted:
- in Hand of Fate (Ace Magazines, 1951 series) #25a (November 1954)
True Tales of the Supernatural #9 (Table of Contents)
True Tales of the Supernatural / filler / 1 page (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Frank Giusto?
- Inks:
- Vince Alascia
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- Occult
- Synopsis:
- "The year was 1907. In a western mining town..."
Business intrigue gets innocent man hanged. In the following months, the guilty perish under mysterious circumstances.
The Frenzy of Sheila Lord (Table of Contents)
comic story / 7 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Maurice Gutwirth; George Appel
- Inks:
- Maurice Gutwirth; George Appel
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- Crime; Occult
- Synopsis:
- Having murdered her first husband (and gotten away with it), beautiful Sheila Lord falls in love again. The new lover begins to change his physique and resembles the former husband more and more. Sheila freaks out, and as her new husband falls acidentally to his death, she is convicted for a murder she didn't commit.
- Reprinted:
- in Baffling Mysteries (Ace Magazine, 1951 series) #23 (November 1954)
True Tales of the Supernatural #10 (Table of Contents)
True Tales of the Supernatural / filler / 1 page (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Vince Alascia
- Inks:
- Vince Alascia
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- Occult
- Synopsis:
- "If you should pass through the New England town of Salem..."
Father of the bride kills lover of his daughter in a rage. The girl dies of broken heart and spooks through the house.
Enigma of the Unscheduled Passenger (Table of Contents)
comic story / 7 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Richard Case
- Inks:
- Richard Case
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- Occult
- Synopsis:
- Woman meets stranger on a train. When he gets off, he leaves his briefcase. The woman investigates. A murder mystery unravels. In the end the wrongdoer gets exposed.
- Reprinted:
- in Web of Mystery (Ace Magazine, 1951 series) #27 (November 1954)
The Leech Killers (Table of Contents)
text story / 2 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Letters:
- Typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- Horror
- Synopsis:
- Pirates fight out an old quarrel, including the application of blood-sucking leeches.
The Demons of Walpurgis Mountain (Table of Contents)
comic story / 7 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Mike Sekowsky
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- Horror
- Synopsis:
- Karl Polter, a deformed artist, loves the town belle by the name of Bertha. Being shunned by the village people, he swears revenge and calls upon the spirits of Walpurgis Mountain. Vested with the powers of a werewolf, he goes on a killing spree. But is brought to justice in the end.
Editing
Table of Contents
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1.
Big Top Nightmare
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2.
True Tales of the Supernatural #9
True Tales of the Supernatural -
3.
The Frenzy of Sheila Lord
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4.
True Tales of the Supernatural #10
True Tales of the Supernatural -
5.
Enigma of the Unscheduled Passenger
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6.
The Leech Killers
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7.
The Demons of Walpurgis Mountain
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- Tillmann Courth
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